Posted 11/23/2023, 2:00:00 AM
SF Business Owners Lament City's Quick Reversal After Massive Pre-Summit Homeless Cleanup
- San Francisco business owners complain city reverting to homelessness and drug use after cleaning up for Xi Jinping's APEC visit
- Restaurant owner Tony Pankaew says city "cleaned up the people, cleaned up the streets" for APEC dignitaries
- Pankaew hopes new skating rink will attract more business, but expects issues to return in a couple weeks
- Gov. Newsom admitted massive cleanup timed for APEC summit, not just for security reasons
- Small business owner blasts cleanup as for "optics not security," after seeing Newsom's comments